National Hockey Championship: Navy put seven past PAF to reach last-eight
WAPDA down Customs 3-1, PQA draw 2-2 against Railways to progress
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KARACHI:
Two goals apiece from Asad Aziz and Mohsin Sabir guided Navy to an emphatic 7-0 win over PAF which took them to the quarter-finals of the 62nd National Hockey Championship, while Wapda defeated Customs 3-1 and Port Qasim Authority (PQA) drew 2-2 against Pakistan Railways to book their place in the last-eight at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on Sunday.
Navy’s Aziz opened the scoring after successfully converting a penalty corner in the third minute of the match while Sabir doubled the lead two minutes later.
Two more penalty corners, one in the 17th minute by Aziz and another in the 26th by Sabir, made it 4-0 before Ali Sher, Ahmed and Kamran Asif scored one goal each in the 29th, 39th and 51st minutes to complete the seven-goal rout.
Goals galore as PIA thrash PQA 5-1
In another match, Wapda defeated Customs 3-1 as goals from Mohammed Usman, Rana Umair and Mohammad Shehbaz sealed the game. Both sides were able to keep each other at bay for the first 41 minutes of the match before Usman broke the deadlock while Umair doubled the lead two minutes later to all but end the tie as a contest. Shehbaz further piled misery on Customs with his strike in the 58th minute and even though Asim Khan found a consolation a minute later, it was too little too late.
Meanwhile, PQA came from behind to draw 2-2 against Pakistan Railways to finish second in the group behind PIA.
Mushtaq hat-trick inspires 6-1 rout
Railways had taken a 2-0 lead by the 43rd minute giving PQA, who were firm favourites to win the encounter with Olympians Kashif Jawwad and Shakeel Abbasi among their ranks, a wake-up call when Ahmed Nadeem opened the scoring in the 41st minute while Railways skipper Mohammad Usman doubled the lead two minutes later.
PQA managed to halve the deficit in the 45th minute through Jawwad and found the equaliser just seconds later when Zubair Riyaz converted from a penalty corner.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2016.
Two goals apiece from Asad Aziz and Mohsin Sabir guided Navy to an emphatic 7-0 win over PAF which took them to the quarter-finals of the 62nd National Hockey Championship, while Wapda defeated Customs 3-1 and Port Qasim Authority (PQA) drew 2-2 against Pakistan Railways to book their place in the last-eight at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on Sunday.
Navy’s Aziz opened the scoring after successfully converting a penalty corner in the third minute of the match while Sabir doubled the lead two minutes later.
Two more penalty corners, one in the 17th minute by Aziz and another in the 26th by Sabir, made it 4-0 before Ali Sher, Ahmed and Kamran Asif scored one goal each in the 29th, 39th and 51st minutes to complete the seven-goal rout.
Goals galore as PIA thrash PQA 5-1
In another match, Wapda defeated Customs 3-1 as goals from Mohammed Usman, Rana Umair and Mohammad Shehbaz sealed the game. Both sides were able to keep each other at bay for the first 41 minutes of the match before Usman broke the deadlock while Umair doubled the lead two minutes later to all but end the tie as a contest. Shehbaz further piled misery on Customs with his strike in the 58th minute and even though Asim Khan found a consolation a minute later, it was too little too late.
Meanwhile, PQA came from behind to draw 2-2 against Pakistan Railways to finish second in the group behind PIA.
Mushtaq hat-trick inspires 6-1 rout
Railways had taken a 2-0 lead by the 43rd minute giving PQA, who were firm favourites to win the encounter with Olympians Kashif Jawwad and Shakeel Abbasi among their ranks, a wake-up call when Ahmed Nadeem opened the scoring in the 41st minute while Railways skipper Mohammad Usman doubled the lead two minutes later.
PQA managed to halve the deficit in the 45th minute through Jawwad and found the equaliser just seconds later when Zubair Riyaz converted from a penalty corner.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2016.